tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5681875145919050501.post5025771349202789543..comments2024-03-28T11:49:30.321-04:00Comments on The Marmelade Gypsy: My Mother – The Elvis FactorJeaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17482528482559445943noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5681875145919050501.post-4677370170229646712009-05-07T17:53:00.000-04:002009-05-07T17:53:00.000-04:00Missing my mom never stops either. And when I get...Missing my mom never stops either. And when I get to see her (rarely) in a dream it is so real and means so much. I certainly understand.karlascottage.typepad.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09487197986245851745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5681875145919050501.post-61834863296073836402009-04-30T00:54:00.000-04:002009-04-30T00:54:00.000-04:00What a beautiful woman your mother was. So much m...What a beautiful woman your mother was. So much more important, she was a wonderful woman. I believe she would be very proud that she raised a woman who could miss her and honor her and still say, "you taught me well." <br /><br />Very proud.Relyn Lawsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01389583730002062714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5681875145919050501.post-45506521302974608492009-04-25T17:58:00.000-04:002009-04-25T17:58:00.000-04:00Another beautiful post! I wish I could write like ...Another beautiful post! I wish I could write like you can. Your mother must have been an extraordinary woman. Thanks for sharing your memories!!!<br /><br />Hugs, DagmarQuiltmoose - Dagmarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03825035800046303186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5681875145919050501.post-22737940414981373672009-04-24T20:22:00.000-04:002009-04-24T20:22:00.000-04:00I wish I could ease your heartache; it is such an ...I wish I could ease your heartache; it is such an overwhelming sadness but it is tinged with sweetness. Missing someone like your Mom; not believing that she is not here; it is so hard. I am happy you could share the pictures of her and your family with us. I would have been lucky to have known her. Hugs to you.Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10415990188478250116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5681875145919050501.post-91009499838007789012009-04-24T08:35:00.000-04:002009-04-24T08:35:00.000-04:00oh jeannie...now I understand those feelings you'v...oh jeannie...now I understand those feelings you've been dealing with...<br /><br />and my thoughts are with you in hopes they help in some little way...<br /><br />I'm so lucky to have both my parents around and I need a post like this to remind me just how thankful I should be...{more often without taking it all for granted}<br /><br />my dad just turned 69 and mom will be 68 in june and they are so active and witty...<br /><br />thanks for reminding me to count my blessings !!bethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11094533582512917616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5681875145919050501.post-48073204384085494302009-04-23T23:05:00.000-04:002009-04-23T23:05:00.000-04:00jeanie,
What a wonderful post, and how sad that y...jeanie,<br /><br />What a wonderful post, and how sad that you lost your mom so young. And yet, you didn't lose her at all - that's obvious from your words and your expressions of loving remembrance.<br /><br />I need reminders like this from time to time. At 62, with a mother who is 91 and healthy as can be, it's easy to think it will go on forever. It won't, of course, so there is much to be done in the time that's left.shoreacreshttp://shoreacres.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5681875145919050501.post-64059417303901418482009-04-23T11:22:00.000-04:002009-04-23T11:22:00.000-04:00I wish I had known your mom, Jeanie. But through t...I wish I had known your mom, Jeanie. But through this post and others, I feel I have gifted with a bit of her magic. You were and remain blessed as her daughter.Judy Winterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02700297781569555025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5681875145919050501.post-13359364514477370062009-04-23T10:58:00.000-04:002009-04-23T10:58:00.000-04:00Very moving tribute to your mom, Jeanie. It sound...Very moving tribute to your mom, Jeanie. It sounds like she was a wonderful person. I love the old photos.KRCampbellArthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15185783768927918993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5681875145919050501.post-53222422245173636192009-04-23T00:03:00.000-04:002009-04-23T00:03:00.000-04:00Jeanie a beautiful tribute to your precious mother...Jeanie a beautiful tribute to your precious mother.<br />As you know my mother died in Jan. and I am still grieving her passing. I too have had dreams of her. I see her face when I look in the mirror.I suppose our mothers feel we need their presence right now..I know that I do with the situation with my daughter.Our mothers are never too far from us..always in our hearts!<br />peace to you hugs NGNaturegirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00177418253271097079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5681875145919050501.post-30220049999060185492009-04-22T23:19:00.000-04:002009-04-22T23:19:00.000-04:00Beautiful post! Thanks for your comments on my blo...Beautiful post! Thanks for your comments on my blog... I have lost your email and it doesn't show up because you don't have it in your profile!!!!Linda Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13863170045475603030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5681875145919050501.post-44900104122571793772009-04-22T22:53:00.000-04:002009-04-22T22:53:00.000-04:00Such a lovely tribute to an obviously lovely lady,...Such a lovely tribute to an obviously lovely lady, Jeanie. Thank you for sharing her with us. <br />I am so lucky to still have my mom, but I lost my wonderful grandma three years ago. Life is just too short, isn't it!?<br /><br />I know the spooky feeling you are talking about, though. I am the same age my dad was when he died. It is hard to reconcile with that.<br /><br />Dreams like that (I've had them too) make me think they must be watching over us, and that is comforting, isn't it?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5681875145919050501.post-52223966609330992502009-04-22T18:50:00.000-04:002009-04-22T18:50:00.000-04:00Mom is really watery right now. How young you were...Mom is really watery right now. How young you were when you lost your mom! What a sweet tribute! Two years ago the mom of our mom was diagnosed with breast cancer. She went through everything with her, the terrible treatments, the wig, the operation... The fear of losing her is horrible at times, but breast cancer is one of the best treatablest... so we guess there's hope. We certainly do hope.<br />Purrs, Siena & Chilli and mom BrittaCat with a Gardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07181586167628965537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5681875145919050501.post-86665073137955393502009-04-22T13:51:00.000-04:002009-04-22T13:51:00.000-04:00How wonderful that you have such strong warm and l...How wonderful that you have such strong warm and loving memories of your mom. I sometimes wish I could tell my mother something and then remember she's been dead for 20 years; but her love lives on in everything I do and who I am.<br /><br />JoanneJoanne Huffmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01759522152058279949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5681875145919050501.post-14178542530194314402009-04-22T10:35:00.000-04:002009-04-22T10:35:00.000-04:00Oh, Jeanie, this one overflowed my heart with its ...Oh, Jeanie, this one overflowed my heart with its aching mix of sadness and joy, so much tenderness and love. Beautiful pictures -- you and your mother look like you share the same laugh, definitely the same smile. Thanks so much.annohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05102616203481686227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5681875145919050501.post-21993292903197264922009-04-22T09:31:00.000-04:002009-04-22T09:31:00.000-04:00Jeanie, I could cry while reading about your mothe...Jeanie, I could cry while reading about your mother....how wonderful you can write and how wonderful was your mother!!!<br />And I especially feel very very sad, because my mother died last year (I didn`t write about it in my blog)and I couldn`d cry!!<br />Isn`t that horrible???<br />I always suffered under my mother because she wasn`t absolutly interested in her children. She always was interested in her journeys around the world..in jewellery...furs....the money, my father earned....and many other things.<br />She sent me to a boarding school, when I was 14, because she didn`t want to have the trouble with a teenager in that age....and during the 6 long long years I had to stay there(it was like being in prison), she visited me 3 times.<br />When I got my first child, she didn`t come to hospital. She always was against my marriage with my wonderful husband...(we love each other now for 37 years)because his parents were not rich....<br />She never was interested in my life and I never could share my problems or nice things with her.<br />She never wanted to see her 2 grandchildren....and my children suffered because they wanted to have a grandmother like other children have.<br />She tyrannized my father without end and he died because he was not able to live with her any longer.<br />Then he met another man in the age of 70 (he was 70, too) and she lived with him together the next 17years. <br />She also tyrannized him and we always said that we treat our dog better than she did with her boyfriend.<br />When she died last year he was very glad because he was her nurse...cook...housewife....everything and he is 87, too.<br />She didn`t want to see me the last 2 years...all the time, when I phoned her...(I was a good daughter),(she lived one and a half hour by car from us)she said, that she didn`t feel good enough to see us and when I sometimes phoned her and her boyfriend was on the phone, he told me, that they are playing cards all the time....<br />She was the most egoistic woman I have ever met.<br />So I didn`t suffer when she died...nobody did...and I envy you for this wonderful warmhearted mother....I would have liked it to have such a mother!!!<br />I love your thoughts about her...you look very much like your mother.....when you meet her again in one of your dreams tell her, that I always wanted to have such a mother like she was!!<br />It is so sad that she could not live longer!!<br />We always say in Germany that God fetches the wonderful people first..HerzBlatthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04721274445660345711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5681875145919050501.post-35941278428246922292009-04-22T08:33:00.000-04:002009-04-22T08:33:00.000-04:00Well of course when I started reading this wonderf...Well of course when I started reading this wonderful tribute I started crying. I just so know very well the LOVE that you have for your Mother. I think that one year I will be writing the same things you have written here. I feel so fortnate to have had my bestfriend with me for 80 years. And my heart breaks for that you only had 58 years. But I also know in my heart of hearts, that our Mothers are always with us. They are every flower we see and smell, every good book we read, every sunrise and sunset, every delicious dish that we taste.<br />I think it was very significant that you dreamed about her. Just her way of refreshing your memories again, as if you could ever forget.<br />XOXOXOXOXOXOOXOXOXOXOXOXOBethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02908610001765757691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5681875145919050501.post-67241419157769252582009-04-21T14:02:00.000-04:002009-04-21T14:02:00.000-04:00What a beautiful tribute to your Mother....nice bl...What a beautiful tribute to your Mother....nice blog!Donnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00181520825012037531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5681875145919050501.post-87691691396624968342009-04-21T09:47:00.000-04:002009-04-21T09:47:00.000-04:00Oh, Jeanie, bravo! I completely understand this, t...Oh, Jeanie, bravo! I completely understand this, the mystery as deep as the love. The photos are beautiful, thank you so much for sharing them and your thoughts on this anniversary.Jane Rosemonthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02328379714769369656noreply@blogger.com